Document revision date: 28 June 1999

Availability Manager Version 1.2

Installation Instructions for Windows NT Systems

This installation procedure assumes that you want to install the application files on your local drive. The procedure also writes all the registry entries that the application requires to your local register. However, you might want to install the application files on a network drive for a number of reasons---for example, the network is backed up regularly, or the local drive is low on available space. For better performance, Compaq recommends that you install on a local drive.

To install Version 1.2 of the Availability Manager on a Windows NT system, follow the steps in each section.

1 Preparing to Install

Compaq strongly recommends that you read the release notes before proceeding with the installation. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Availability Manager documentation web page:

   http://www.openvms.digital.com/products/availman/docs.html

2. Click HTML following "Version 1.2 Release Notes" to display the the release notes in HTML format. (You can also print these notes.)

To start the installation, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Availability Manager documentation software page:

   http://www.openvms.digital.com/products/availman/where.html

2. Complete the customer Registration Form, which allows you to go to the download web page.
3. On the Windows NT section of the download web page, click the name of the appropriate file:

   availman012_i.exe -- for Intel systems availman012_a.exe -- for Alpha systems

4. On the screen displayed, click the Save option, and enter the name of the folder where you want to save the kit.

To install the software, follow these steps:

1. Go to the folder containing the saved kit, and double-click the name of the file to start the installation. (This is a standard Windows NT product installation.)
2. After the installation is complete, reboot your system.

If you click Cancel in the course of an installation, you receive a message indicating that your installation is incomplete. What you do next depends on whether your network bindings are complete:

• If you cancel after your network bindings have run, you have an incomplete installation, and files are left on your system. You must reboot and do a complete installation.
• If you cancel before network bindings have run, the installation will remove all files installed up to that point. See step 1 in Section 3.

Steps for running the application vary, depending on whether you have OpenVMS Management Tools for Windows NT (OMT) installed:

• Without OMT installed, follow these stps, starting with the Windows NT Start menu:
  1. Start ---> Programs
  2. Choose Availability Manager.
  3. Choose Data Analyzer Startup.
  
  The Availability Manager then displays the first window, the Application window. (Refer to the "Getting Started" chapter in the Availability Manager Manual.)
• With OMT installed, follow these steps, starting with the Windows NT Start menu:
  1. Start ---> Programs
  2. Choose OpenVMS Management Tools.
  3. Choose Availability Manager.
  4. Choose Data Analyzer Startup.
  
  The Availability Manager then displays the first window, the Application window. (Refer to the "Getting Started" chapter in the Availability Manager Manual.)

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